Werent any blacks. There were portions of Southeast Texas where you had large black concentrations. Other places, they were scattered. There might be one. They were very wellrespected. A number gained really fine reputations. Anyone else . [laughter] i was wondering do they face the same kind of discrimination . Mike i cant answer that question. I would say a number of things have changed. I think that probably the attitudes towards black people in general and the population has been modified a great deal. Heres whats interesting. I was talking to some friends a long time ago. These were a couple of young people, white schoolteachers from chicago who were out west. They were in a place with a lot of white cowboys. They started teasing us about living in communities with a lot of black people and stuff like that. This black cowboy walks in. Everybody shakes his hand. When he leaves, hold on, hes a cowboy. I tell you one thing about him. Wearing a cowboy hat has got me into no trouble. I
Welcome to francie and fitch book shop. We have a lot of helpers. I want to point out if you havent noticed, weve got cspan in the room, tony came in from iowa, taking a little break from the iowa campaigning. So youre going to be on cspan. Ill find out when, im not sure when, but ill be finding out so you can spread the word and let people know. Mary anne andre is here, awardwinning producer of documentaries, among them under the milky way. It was absolutely beautiful. And were kind of in a little fish bowl today, right . [laughter] which is great. I also want to recognize stephanie, shes going to be helping with the book signing afterwards. Well kind of try and streamline that process a little bit. How the agendas going to go is im going to youre going to get some introductions of some great people that are going to talk to you about this book, therell be a q a, and afterwards youll be able to meet the author and have your books autographed. And at that point, theres a lot of people
A guys. How are you . [applause] hey guys. How are you . Good morning. Im the old guy up here. [laughter] so, history as you all know is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadences of the constitution. But its also about the sounds. The muffled drum at lexington and concorde and the sound of the surf at omaha beach. The sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full meaning of our creed. Its also about music. And music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree, more continually and profitably than you can ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely. As sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and guns, they were carrying their pens and prose and poetry along with them to move this revolution forward. And our country vote. Henry David Thoreau once wrote when i write music, i fear no danger and im in
Houston, texas, senator warren of massachusetts met with supporters. [applause and cheers] [chanting we love warren] [applause and cheers] sen. Warren hello, houston. [applause and cheers] sen. Warren so, results from South Carolina are coming in. And i want to say congratulations to Vice President biden. I will be the first to say that the first four contests have not gone exactly as i hoped. If you want to change the outcome in the next contest, go to elizabethwarren. Com. [applause and cheers] we want to gain as many delegates to the convention as we can, from california to right here in texas. [applause and cheers] you know, it may take days or even longer to know the full results from super tuesday, but they will be critical. In sorting who are not many will be this year. My campaign is built for the long haul and we are looking forward to these big contest. [applause and cheers] you. Want to thank i want to start by thanking the judge. She is amazing. [applause and cheers] leader
Prizewinning biographer jon meacham look at American History through song. [inaudible conversations] please welcome tim mcgraw and jon meacham. [applause] hey, guys, how are ya . [applause] hi, how are you . Good morning. Im the old guy up here [laughter] so history, as you all know, is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadences of the constitution, but its also about sounds. Its about the muffled drum at lexington and concord and the sound of the surf at omaha beach, the sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full mean being of our creed. And its also about music. And music is one of the most universe aral expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree more congenially than you could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely. You know, as sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and their guns, they were carrying their pens,